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pyGadgetReader

Author: Robert Thompson

E-Mail: [email protected]

If you use this code for your work please cite [ascl:1411.001]


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Summary

Do you love running simulations but hate fighting with the different flavors of output? If so, you've come to the right place! pyGadgetReader is designed to take the headache out of reading your GADGET simulation data; it plays the role of interpreter between the binary snapshot & python. The module currently supports the following data types:

  • Gadget types 1 & 2 binaries (single/multi-part)
  • HDF5 outputs (single/multi-part)
  • TIPSY binaries (bin/aux)

pyGadgetReader attempts to detect which file format is is dealing with so you don't have to! It does however, assume that the different formats have unique file extensions (none,.hdf5,& .bin).

pyGadgetReader also supports the following non-GADGET files:

  • Rockstar binary outputs
  • Rockstar-Galaxies binary outputs
  • FoF Special catalogue & indexlist binaries
  • P-StarGroupFinder data files

Requirements

  • python >= 2.7.x
  • numpy >= 1.7.x
  • h5py
> git clone https://github.com/dnarayanan/pygadgetreader.git

---
## Customization
Before building the module, there are a few customizations you *may* want to tinker with.  The first two variables can be found in *`readgadget/modules/common.py`*, while the third is located in *`readgadget/modules/gadget_blockordering.py`*.

1. **UNITS:**  The code currently assumes that your **default** `Gadget` length units are `kpc/h`, mass units are 10^(10)`Msun/h`, and velocity units are `km/s`.  This can be changed by modifying the *`UnitLength_in_cm`*, *`UnitMass_in_g`*, and *`UnitVelocity_in_cm_per_s`* respectively in `readgadget/modules/common.py`.  This can optionally be altered on a per-call basis by passing new values through as an option to the `readsnap()` function. (*note: has NO impact on TIPSY files as of now*)

2. **METALFACTOR:**  If your metal field contains multiple species `(flag_metals > 1)`, this factor is multiplied to their sum to determine the particle's overall metallicity (default is 0.0189/0.0147 for historical reasons).

3. **BLOCKORDERING:** When dealing with `Gadget` **type-1 binaries**, the block-ordering can be a pain in the neck.  Custom fields can be added the snapshot causing all of your previous readers to start returning bad data; not anymore!  I've tried to design a system where the user can easily customize their block ordering.  `pyGadgetReader` currently has 2 default options - `BLOCKORDERING0` and `BLOCKORDERING1`.  The default is set via the `DEFAULT_BLOCKORDERING` variable, which is used in conjunction with the `BLOCKORDERING` dictionary defined farther down in the file.  This can be changed by editing `readgadget/modules/gadget_blockordering.py`.

    If you require a custom block ordering, use one of the already present block orderings as a template.  The first step is creating a new `OrderedDict` named something along the lines of `BLOCKORDERING3`.  Each entry in the `OrderedDict` represents a data block, and must contain both a *KEY* and a *VALUE*.  Once your new block ordering is defined, you should add it to the `BLOCKORDERING` dictionary with an appropriate name.  You can also set it as default via the `DEFAULT_BLOCKORDERING` variable if you so wish.

    **KEY:** This is the name of the block - it MUST be present as a value in the `dataTypes` dictionary defined in `readgadget/modules/names.py`.

    **VALUE:** This is a list that contains 2 important pieces of information: 1) what particles this block is present for, and 2) should the code first check for a specific header flag?

	Below are two examples.  The first represents the 'pos' block (which is present in the `dataTypes` dictionary).  The second entry is a list telling the code what particle types have this block, where -1 meaning ALL particle types.  The second represents the 'metallicity' data block; here we have a list of [0,4] telling the code that this block is present for particle types 0 (gas) & 4 (stars), and to check the `flag_metals` flag before attempting a read.  You can omit the flag checker if you know for certain the data block exists.

~~~python
('pos',[-1]),
('metallicity',[[0,4],'flag_metals']),

Installation

Once the code is downloaded there are two methods of installation depending on your access rights. If you have write access to your python distribution, then the preferred method is to execute the following commands:

	> python setup.py build     ## this builds the module
	> python setup.py install   ## this installs the module, may require sudo

If you do not have write access to your python install, we need to modify your environment variable PYTHONPATH to point to the pyGadgetReader directory. Add these two lines to your .bashrc/.bash_profile (or respective shell file):

PYTHONPATH=/path/to/pygadgetreader:$PYTHONPATH
export PYTHONPATH

NOTE for uninstalling previous versions:

If you had previously installed my C version of pyGadgetReader you should remove it before trying to use the code as there may be some naming conflicts. First you need to find out where python, a point in the general direction is typing which python in your terminal, this will return your installation directory. Next you need to locate your site-packages directory which is usually under python's lib directory. Once there you are looking for anything in the form of readgadget.so, once this is found remove it.


Usage

IMPORTANT: When using pyGadgetReader, try NOT to include the snapshot extension or number prefix (for multi-part). As an example, if your snapshot is named 'snap_N128L16_005.0.hdf5', you would only pass 'snap_N128L16_005' to the below functions. If the code detects .hdf5, .bin, or .0 in the snapname it will attempt to strip the extension.

To gain access to the following functions, place this at the top of your python script:

from pygadgetreader import *

readheader()

This function reads in the header and returns values of interest. The values it can read in are as follows:

 time	       - scale factor of the snapshot
 redshift      - redshift of the snapshot
 boxsize       - boxsize if present (typically in kpc/h)
 O0	       	   - Omega_0 (Omega_dm+Omega_b)
 Ol	       	   - Omega_Lambda
 h	       	   - hubble parameter
 gascount      - total # of gas   particles [type 0]
 dmcount       - total # of DM    particles [type 1]
 diskcount     - total # of disk  particles [type 2]
 bulgecount    - total # of bulge particles [type 3]
 starcount     - total # of star  particles [type 4]
 bndrycount    - total # of bndry particles [type 5]
 f_sfr	       - Star Formation Rate flag	 0=off 1=on
 f_fb	       - Feedback flag	     		 0=off 1=on
 f_cooling     - Cooling flag			 	 0=off 1=on 
 f_age	       - Stellar Age tracking flag	 0=off 1=on
 f_metals      - Metal tracking flag  		 0=off 1=on

 npartTotal    - list of particle counts (including HighWord)
 header		   - returns the entire header as a dictionary
 
 npartThisFile - list of particle counts in a single file
                 (you MUST pass the full snapshot name for this one, 
                  otherwise it will return data from file .0)

DEFINITION:

	readheader(a,b,debug=0,single=0)

	Parameters
   	----------
   	a : string
   	    Input file
	b : string
	    Requested data type (from above list)

	Optional
	--------
	debug: output debugging info

	Returns
	-------
	float, double, int, list, array, dict (depending on request)

	Examples
	--------
	>>> readheader('snap_001','redshift')
		2.3499995966280447

	>>> readheader('snap_005','npartTotal')
		array([  53921,   54480,       0,       0,    3510, 2090342], dtype=uint32)
	
	>>> readheader('snap_006','header')
		{'O0': 0.29999999999999999,
		 'Ol': 0.69999999999999996,
		 'boxsize': 16000.0,
		 'h': 0.69999999999999996,
		 'massTable': array([ 0.,  0.00172772,  0.,  0.,  0., 0.01626092]),
		  ...,
		 'time': 0.29850749862971743}

readsnap()

This function does the heavy lifting. It reads data blocks from the snapshot and returns the requested data for a a specified particle type.

SUPPORTED DATA BLOCKS:

  ---------------------
  -  STANDARD BLOCKS  -
  ---------------------
   pos	       - (all)         Position data
   vel	       - (all)         Velocity data code units
   pid	       - (all)         Particle ids
   mass	       - (all)         Particle masses
   u	       - (gas)         Internal energy
   rho	       - (gas)         Density
   ne	       - (gas)         Number density of free electrons
   nh	       - (gas)         Number density of neutral hydrogen
   hsml	       - (gas)         Smoothing length of SPH particles
   sfr	       - (gas)         Star formation rate in Msun/year
   age	       - (stars)       Formation time of stellar particles
   z	       - (gas & stars) Metallicty of gas/star particles (returns total Z)
   pot   	   - (all)         Potential of particles (if present in output)

  ---------------------
  -  CUSTOM  BLOCKS   -
  ---------------------
   delaytime   - (gas)         DelayTime (>0 member of wind)
   fH2	       - (gas)         Fractional Abundance of molecular hydrogen
   Sigma       - (gas)         Approximate surface density	   
   tmax        - (gas & stars) Maximum temp
   nspawn      - (gas & stars) Number of star particles spawned
   zarray      - (gas & stars) NMETALS array [C,O,Si,Fe]

SUPPORTED PARTICLE TYPES:

   gas	       - Type0: Gas
   dm	       - Type1: Dark Matter
   disk	       - Type2: Disk particles
   bulge       - Type3: Bulge particles
   star        - Type4: Star particles
   bndry       - Type5: Boundary particles

DEFINITION:

    readsnap(a,b,c,units=0,debug=0,suppress=0,
	    		   double=0,nth=1,single=0,
		    	   blockordering='romeel',
			       UnitLength_in_cm = 3.085678e21,
				   UnitMass_in_g = 1.989e43,
				   UnitVelocity_in_cm_per_s = 1.0e5)

	Parameters
	----------
	a : string
		Input File
	b : string
		Requested data block (from supported data blocks above)
	c : string, int
		Requested particle type (from supported particle types above)
	
	Optional
	--------
	     debug: Shows debug information
      suppress: if set to 1 no output is printed to the command line
        double: returns a double array rather than float
           nth: only returns the nth particle (useful for random sampling)
        single: returns data from 1 part of a multi-part snapshot
                (in this case you MUST pass the full snapshot name)
 blockordering: allows for the user to specify which block ordering to use
				(only valid for Gadget type-1 binaries)

	     units: Can either be 0 for code units or 1 physical:
	     		 rho: g/cm^3 (physical if boxsize>0 and OmegaLambda>0)
	     	 	 vel: km/s   (peculiar if boxsize>0 and OmegaLambda>0)
	     		   u: Kelvin
	     		mass: g
				(returned units do NOT include little h, 
				 that still needs to be divided out)

		  
	Returns
	-------
	numpy array
		  
	Examples
	--------
	>>> readsnap('snap_001','pos','dm')
		array([[ 7160.68994141,  6526.55810547,  5950.74707031],
	   		   [ 7097.95166016,  6589.15966797,  5958.44677734],
				...,
		       [ 7929.03466797,  7870.52783203,  8016.08447266]], dtype=float32)

	>>> readsnap('snap_005','rho',0,units=1)
		array([  1.60686842e-09,   3.20981991e-10,   1.59671165e-10, ...,
  				 4.05850381e-10,   7.22671034e-10,   1.10464858e-11], dtype=float32)

NOTE for HDF5 and Gadget-Type2 files: you can pass arbitrary block requests in for b above, this allows you to pull custom data blocks out without having to alter the source. As an example:

# hdf5
>>> readsnap('snap_036','ArtificialViscosity',0)
    array([ 0.2,  0.2,  0.2, ...,  0.2, 0.2,  0.21387598], dtype=float32)
    
# gadget type-2 binary (limited to 4 characters)
>>> readsnap('snap_036','ABVC',0)
    array([ 0.38793027,  0.48951781,  0.37891224, ...,  0.2301995], dtype=float32)

readrockstar()

This function reads Rockstar binary data. Current supported return data types:

   	halos		- All halo data
   	particles 	- particle IDs & respective halo membership

	pos
	corevel
	bulkvel
	m
	r
	child_r
	vmax_r
	mgrav
	vrmax
	rvmax
	rs
	klypin_rs
	vrms
	J
	energy
	spin
	alt_m
	Xoff
	Voff
	b_to_a
	c_to_a
	A
	b_to_a2
	c_to_a2
	A2
	bullock_spin
	kin_to_pot
	m_pe_b
	m_pe_d
	halfmass_radius (only avail with recent versions)
	num_p
	num_child_particles
	p_start
	desc
	flags
	n_core
	min_pos_err
	min_vel_err
	min_bulkvel_err

DEFINITION:

	readrockstar(a,b,debug=0,galaxies=0)

	Parameters
	----------
	a : string
	    Input binary file. Do NOT include the number or .bin extensions!!
	b : string
		Data block you are interested in (see above list)
				  
	Optional
	--------
	     debug: Shows debug information
	  galaxies: Invokes the RS-Galaxies reader if = 1
				    
	Returns
	-------
	array, dict
	
	Examples
	--------
	## returns all halo data
	>>> readrockstar('halos_037','halos')
		array([ (0, [7.364242076873779, 6.997755527496338, 7.268182754516602, 19.809770584106445,...
	
	## only returns halo position data
	>>> readrockstar('halos_037','pos')
		array([[   7.36424208,    6.99775553,    7.26818275,   19.80977058,
      			-2.92877913,  -95.81005859],...

	## returns particle data	
	## [i,0]=particle ID, [i,1]=halo ID
	>>> readrockstar('halos_037','particles')			
		array([[ 62336,      0],
		       [ 63438,      0],
       			...,
		       [105530,    103]])

readrockstargalaxies()

Identical usage as readrockstar(), except only to be used on Rockstar-Galaxies binary files.


readfofspecial()

This function reads FoF_Special binary outputs (indexlists & catalogues). It returns a Group object, or a list of Group objects, all of which have three attributes:

 index         - group index
 npart_total   - total number of group particles
 indexes       - indexes of all particles belonging to group

DEFINITION:

	  readfofspecial(a,b,c)

      Parameters
      ----------
      a : string
      	  Group catalogue directory
	  b : int
   	      Snapshot number
   	  c : int, list
   	  	  halo or halos of interest

	  Returns
	  -------
      group object, list of group objects
      
      Examples
      --------
      ## returns a single 'Group' object for halo 10
      >>> readfofspecial('/path/to/catalogues', 12, 10)
      
      ## returns a list of 'Group' objects for halos 10, 11, & 32
      >>> readfofspecial('/path/to/catalogues', 12, [10,11,32])
      
	  ## returns a list of 'Group' objects for all halos
	  >>> readfofspecial('/path/to/catalogues', 12, -1)
	  
	  ## sample data access ##
	  >>> halo10 = readfofspecial('/path/to/catalogues', 12, 10)
	  >>> print halo10.index
	      10
	      
	  >>> halos  = readfofspecial('/path/to/catalogues', 12, -1)
	  >>> pcount = [s.npart_total for s in halos]

readpstar()

This function reads P-StarGroupFinder binary outputs (indexlists & catalogues). It returns a Group object, or a list of Group objects, all of which have eleven attributes:

 index         - group index
 npart_total   - total number of group particles
 indexes       - indexes of all particles belonging to group
 mstar         - stellar mass
 mgas          - gas mass
 cm            - center of mass
 metals        - star metallicity
 gmetals       - gas metallicity
 gpids         - list of gas PIDs
 spids		   - list of star PIDs
 stypes		   - 

DEFINITION:

	  readpstar(a,b,c)

      Parameters
      ----------
      a : string
      	  Group catalogue directory
      b : int
      	  Snapshot number
      c : int, list
      	  Galaxy, or list of galaxy indexes
      
      Returns
      -------
      group object, list of group objects
      
      Examples
      --------
      ## returns a single 'Group' object for galaxy 10
      >>> readpstar('/path/to/catalogues', 12, 10)
      
 	  ## returns a list of 'Group' objects for galaxies 10,11, & 32
      >>> readpstar('/path/to/catalogues', 12, [10,11,32])
      
      ## returns a list of 'Group' objects for all galaxies
      >>> readpstar('/path/to/catalogues', 12, -1)
      
      ## sample data access ##
	  >>> gal10 = readpstar('/path/to/catalogues', 12, 10)
	  >>> print gal10.index
	      10
	      
	  >>> galaxies = readpstar('/path/to/catalogues', 12, -1)
	  >>> masses   = [s.mstar for s in galaxies]

TIPS

If you plan on doing multiple reads in a single script, you can pass a common set of options via a dictionary. As an example:

from pygadgetreader import *

snap  = 'snap_N128L16_036'
pygro = {'debug':1, 'units':1, 'UnitMass_in_g':1.989e33}
rho   = readsnap(snap, 'rho', 0, **pygro)
temp  = readsnap(snap, 'u',   0, **pygro)

This convinient form means that if you need to change the variables passed to each readsnap() call you only have to alter the pygro dictionary.


If you have any comments or suggestions feel free to contact me. Enjoy!

Robert Thompson
[email protected]

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